An anonymous reader writes "According to numerous posts on Apple's discussion forums (of which several threads have been deleted by Apple), as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apple's recent QT7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it also disables Adobe's professional After Effects video editing software. Attempting to render video files since the update results in a DRM permissions error. Unfortunately, it is not possible to roll back to a previous version of QT without doing a full OSX reinstall. Previous QT updates had also been known to have severe issues with pro video editing apps."
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So Apple seem to have checked the results of the new QuickTime upgrade on consumer playback apps, but don't seem to have bothered checking its performance under pro authoring tools?
Ouch.
Perhaps this reflects shifting priorities at Apple: They hope to make a hell of a lot more money from distributing movies than they currently make from the video editing market.
I mean, I don't know the figures, but looking at how things have gone with the music side of their business, if you had to compare how much App
Apple's continuing shift from "pro" to "consumer" (Score:1)
Ouch.
Perhaps this reflects shifting priorities at Apple: They hope to make a hell of a lot more money from distributing movies than they currently make from the video editing market.
I mean, I don't know the figures, but looking at how things have gone with the music side of their business, if you had to compare how much App